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"And you must be Alice," his deep voice rolled warhabout his voice, I’d heard it when he said Peter’s name, but I couldn’t quite place it until he spoke more He had a faded accent, maybe Irish or Australian, but I couldn’t be sure since it was so soft He stepped closer to shake my hand, and that’s when it finally dawned on me

Ezra had an accent, but Peter and Jack didn’t, andborn in another country while the other boys were too young to pick up an accent could explain that

But their eye colors were all so distinct and co green, and Jack’s were a soft blue There was no way they were brothers

"And you must be Ezra," I said

He held ht I wouldin the corner, casting an odd look at us, but I tried to ignore it

"I’ve heard so o of my hand and took a step back so he was at a polite distance Mae stayed planted at ain I realized belatedly that she was showing ood, I hope," I said quietly It was an incredibly cheesy thing to say, but I couldn’t think of anything better

With Ezra stepping back, he didn’t quite eclipse my view the way he had before, and I couldn’t help but sneak a glance at Peter, as staring straight back at ainst a ith his ar jeans and a black tee shirt, he was so aeous that I had to pull my eyes away to look back at Ezra, who suddenly didn’t see in comparison

"Isn’t she lovely?" Mae gushed, putting her ar, but very odd Mae treated me as if I had cured cancer or walked on water, and all I had done was show up

"She is sohtened htly "But you knew she would be"

I didn’t knohat the hell that meant, and I wanted terribly to ask, but I kneould have to wait until we left and I was safely in the car with Jack

"She’s just a girl," Peter scoffed,me cruht to keep lance at Peter, who just looked away and shifted his weight

"Peter" Ezra wasn’t disapproving this time He just sounded like he didn’t understand him at all

"Well, you don’t need to put her on display," Peter lances at Ezra "She’s here I get it"

"I was just introducing her to Ezra," Mae told hie to her voice